Throughout the 20th century, the federal government invested in dams, transportation infrastructure and military installations that facilitated economic expansion and the emergence of new private industries.
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If we're to adequately defend ourselves and our far-flung infrastructure, the federal government, state governments, local governments, private industries, are all going to have to incur expenditures greatly exceeding what we're thinking about right now.
Scott Milleison, who runs the Sports Finance Group at JP Morgan Private Bank, was recently guest on Forbes SportsMoney on the YES Network, where he discussed the new owners in sports that have come from venture capital, technology and private equity industries are increasing team values.
You could also argue that the hedge-fund and private-equity industries are both the unintended result of regulations.
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Dr. ZULLO: We have one that's very difficult, especially for workers in the private sector in industries that are susceptible to outsourcing.
Confusion about how fast China is growing can hamper foreign and private companies in industries from construction to chemicals to consumer goods as they make plans for business and investment.
It is probably worthwhile making a few observations about the modern hedge fund and private equity fund industries before going into too much more detail about how these funds are structured and operated.
The hedge fund and private-equity industries are known for putting on occasionally-lavish events, such as SkyBridge Capital's SkyBridge Alternatives conference at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas last year featuring the band Maroon 5.
We used the Recovery Act to provide seed money that sparked private investment -- private investment in new industries like solar and wind, advanced batteries, high-efficiency lighting, high-speed rail.
Private companies across all industries saw average annual sales growth of 9 percent in the January-ended period, compared with 10.2 percent a year earlier, according to the data in the Sageworks Private Company Report.
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In that same column, I surmised that any new tax revenue would likely be pursued in the form of proposals the President has previously pitched but failed to turn into law, such as eliminating preferences for the oil and gas industries, private jet owners, and private equity fund managers.
Where after the war Attlee established the case for the NHS, state education and a welfare state, Thatcher, after the industrial wars of the 70s and the Cold War, won the arguments for a market-based economy, the private ownership of key industries and services, limits on trade union power and a strong defence policy based on the Atlantic Alliance.
Another example is China Aviation Corp, which acquired US-based Cirrus Industries, a private aircraft maker.
Access Industries, a private-equity group founded by Len Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born American, bought Basell Polyolefins in 2005.
Across all industries, private-company sales rose about 7 percent last year.
Nor can they hold conferences in private or discuss firms and industries.
Sageworks analyzed private companies to see which industries have traditionally had slim EBITDA margins (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization divided by Total Revenue).
The government is taking measures to stabilize growth by pushing for more investment projects, reducing tax burdens and allowing private sector investment in strategic industries as China tries moving away from being a low-cost manufacturing hub dependent on the ever-declining growth of the developed world.
The hedge fund and private equity victory in Washington is pretty impressive given that these rich industries overwhelmingly supported Mitt Romney, a former private equity mogul himself, in the presidential election.
But it says the continent must modernize its industries and develop sustainable private sectors, in order to do so.
Hungry entrepreneurialism has turned PPD into one of the largest and leanest providers of clinical trial services to the drug and biotech industries (Covance and private Quintiles are the biggest overall).
In January 2009, private education was one of two industries that saw job growth, adding 33, 000 jobs while every other industry cited job loss, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And unemployment rates for those industries continue to outperform the private sector as a whole.
She has served as a chair and director of many diverse industries in the public and private sectors in South Africa and internationally.
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Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) : This New York-based specialty finance company focuses on underserved financing needs of private middle market companies across a variety industries.
The government service has returned to its core mission of providing raw data, such as warning of hurricanes and tornadoes, and leaves the more specialized work for specific industries and companies to the private sector.
One Osaka project, to build a Universal Studios theme park, has been dogged by allegations that the city has been helping one of its private-sector partners, Sumitomo Metal Industries, to avoid the cost of cleaning up the contaminated land on which the park is to be built.
That is why we welcome the industries' participation in public-private initiatives aimed at improving access.
Private firms, especially in labour-intensive industries and in tourism, will be encouraged to invest in the North.
In May Chinese officials suggested the role of private capital in railways, energy and other industries might be expanded.
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